Quick-adjustable window-shade holder



J. KUCZYNSKI.

QUiCK ADJUSTABLE wmoow SHADE HOLDER.

APILICATION FILED JULYZ!y I920.

1 371,033. Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

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rial 76 TI -E J8 I. KUCZYIIS'KL QUICK ADJUSTABLE WINDOW SHADE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, I920.

Patented Mar. .8, 1921.

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@313 his Gwen W4 J'OSEIPH KUGZYNSKI, OF JAMAICA, NEW YORK.

QUICK-ADJUSTABLE \VINDOW-SHADE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Ifatent.

Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

Application filed July 21, 1920. Serial No. 397,888.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JosnrI-I KUcZYNsKI, citizen of Poland, residing at Jamaica, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quick-Adjustable Vindow-Shade Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The main object of this invention is to provide a curtain or shade holding device which may be readily attached to or removed from any window without the use of screws, rivets, nails, or any other ordinary fastening means or tools.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the description below, in which characters of reference refer to like-named parts in the drawings.

Referring briefly to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my device. 7

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the same, with parts broken away. i

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view of the same.

Fig. at is a perspective view of one of the gripping racks.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a simllar device with the gripping racks extended.

Fig. 6 is a side elevational view of the latter, with parts broken away.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of my device as applied to a window frame.

Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional view on the line 88 of Fig. 6.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents the frame of my device, having an upper and lower block 3, the frame being held together by bolts 2. A. shaft 5 is pivotally supported in said frame, and a pinion 9 is mounted upon said shaft between the sides of said frame. Outside said frame a ratchet wheel 4 is mounted upon said shaft, and a handle 6 extends from the shaft. A horizontal support 14 having a recess 15 for the reception of a curtainor shade-holder drum or shaft, extends from the frame 1. Apawl 7 is pivoted to said member 14 and is urged by a spring 8 to engage the ratchet wheel 4.

Within the frame 1, situated one above and the other below the pinion 9, are racks 11 and 10, having pointed ends 12 and 1 3. These racks are slidably mounted between said gear and the blocks 3, so that upon turning of said gear in one direction the racks will be extended from the frame, and turning the gear in the reverse direction will cause the racks to be retracted into the frame.

The device shown in Figs. 6 and 7 is the same as that in the other figures excepting that it is to be used on the opposite side of the window frame. The extension 14 thereof is provided with a hole 16 instead of the recess 15, as is common in shade holders.

In use, one of said devices is placed in the groove 20 on each side of the window, the same being the groove in which the window is slidable. Then the handle 6 is turned so as to extend the racks l0 and 11, whence the ends of said racks are urged into the sides of said grooves, securing the same in a tight grip. Thus the devices may be readily applied to any window, and equally as readily removed.

I claim A device of the class described comprising a frame, a horizontal support extending from said frame, a gear pivotally mounted in said frame, racks above and below said gear and in mesh therewith, the ends of said racks being pointed, a ratchet wheel rigid with said gear outside said frame, a

pawl pivotally attached to said horizontal support and lying in releasable engagement with said ratchet wheel, said device being adapted to be secured between the sides of the vertical grooves of a window frame.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOSEPH KUGZYNSKI. 

